A black stone stele of seated Buddha
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NEW YORK COLLECTION 
A black stone stele of seated Buddha

NORTHEASTERN INDIA, PALA PERIOD, CIRCA 10TH CENTURY

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A black stone stele of seated Buddha
Northeastern India, Pala period, circa 10th Century
Carved with Buddha at center seated in dhyanasana over a lotus throne with his hands in bhumisparsamudra, clad in a tight-fitting sanghati draped over the left shoulder, the face with downcast eyes centered by a raised urna, the hair in curls over the ushnisha, backed by a nimbus with flaming rim and incised with the Buddhist creed, flanked by a pair of bodhisattvas seated in niches, with rearing lions on either side and two more seated lions below the throne
25 in. (63.5 cm.) high
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Acquired in New York, 1998

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For a comparable example with similar linear treatment of the flamed halo, see P. Pal, A Collecting Odyssey, 1997, p. 109, cat. no. 133.